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Nick Weatherspoon
Personal information
Born (1950-07-20)July 20, 1950
Greenwood, Mississippi
Nationality American
Died October 17, 2008(2008-10-17) (aged 58)
Canton, Ohio
High school Canton McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College Illinois (1970–1973)
NBA Draft 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall
Selected by the Capital Bullets
Pro career 1973–1980
Career history
1973–1976 Capital / Washington Bullets
1976–1977 Seattle SuperSonics
1977–1978 Chicago Bulls
1978–1980 San Diego Clippers
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (1974)
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,086 (9.0 ppg)
Rebounds 2,232 (4.9 rpg)
Assists 418 (0.9 apg)

Nick Levoter Weatherspoon (July 20, 1950 – October 17, 2008) was an American professional basketball player.

Career

Weatherspoon, nicknamed "Spoon", scored 1,431 points at Canton McKinley High School, holding the Bulldog scoring record for 37 years until Raymar Morgan broke it during the 2005–06 season. He was an All-American at the University of Illinois before being selected by the Capital Bullets with the 13th pick of the 1973 NBA draft. Named to the 1974 NBA All-Rookie Team, Weatherspoon spent a total of seven seasons in the NBA with the Bullets, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Chicago Bulls, and the San Diego Clippers.

Weatherspoon was elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team" in 2004. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and was initiated in the Fraternity through Tau Chapter in 1971.

Honors

Basketball

  • 1972 - Team MVP
  • 1972 - Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
  • 1973 - Team Captain
  • 1973 - Team MVP
  • 1973 - 1st Team All-Big Ten
  • 1973 - Honorable Mention All American
  • 2004 - Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team".
  • 2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1973–74 Capital 65 — 18.7 .412 — .691 6.1 .6 .7 .2 7.6
1974–75 Washington 82 — 16.4 .456 — .746 4.2 .6 .8 .3 7.5
1975–76 Washington 64 — 16.9 .476 — .701 4.3 .9 .7 .3 8.3
1976–77 Washington 11 — 13.8 .355 — .625 2.2 .2 .3 .5 5.4
1976–77 Seattle 51 — 29.5 .461 — .632 7.9 1.0 1.0 .5 12.8
1977–78 Chicago 41 — 14.9 .443 — .881 3.0 .8 .5 .2 5.1
1978–79 San Diego 82 — 32.2 .480 — .739 5.5 1.6 1.0 .5 13.8
1979–80 San Diego 57 — 19.7 .434 — .692 3.6 .9 .6 .3 6.9
Career 453 — 21.4 .455 — .713 4.9 .9 .8 .3 9.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1974 Capital 7 — 12.4 .474 — .400 3.9 .0 .3 .3 2.9
1975 Washington 17 — 23.8 .515 — .814 4.8 .9 .8 .1 10.3
1976 Washington 7 — 32.0 .450 — .560 6.0 1.4 .3 .6 12.3
Career 31 — 23.1 .489 — .699 4.8 .8 .6 .3 9.1

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1970–71 Illinois 23 — — .452 — .718 10.7 — — — 16.6
1971–72 Illinois 24 24 — .419 — .746 11.0 — — — 20.8
1972–73 Illinois 24 23 36.7 .457 — .711 12.3 — — — 25.0
Career 71 47 36.7 .443 — .725 11.4 — — — 20.9

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